United Way of RI Awards $150K in Grants to 12 Olneyville Programs

United Way of RI Awards $150K in Grants to 12 Olneyville Programs

The United Way of Rhode Island has awarded $150,000 to 12 organizations that support children and families in Providence’s Olneyville Neighborhood.

“We are part of the community fabric of Olneyville and proud to be in a position to help make a positive difference in the lives of our neighbors. There is amazing work being done by organizations across this neighborhood that will now reach more children and more families – it’s very exciting,”  said Angela Bannerman Ankoma, EVP, Director of Community Investment, United Way.

The grants were awarded from United Way’s special Olneyville Community Fund.

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Grant Recipients

The grant recipients are as follows:

• Back to School Celebration of RI ($5,000): To provide school supplies and backpacks to neighborhood children.
• Center for Resilience ($7,600): A partnership with William D’Abate Elementary School to study the impact of social-emotional development and learning.
• Clinica Esperanza-Hope Clinic ($10,000): Increasing access to critical healthcare services for low-income, uninsured Olneyville residents.
• Kings Cathedral ($5,000): Support for Share to Care, a program providing food, clothing, and financial learning resources to individuals living in poverty.
• Manton Avenue Project ($20,000): Funding for out-of-school time learning programs that partner students with professional artists and bring youth voices to the public stage.
• Meeting Street ($10,000): Support for a six-week, classroom-based kindergarten readiness program for 36 Olneyville children.
• Olneyville Neighborhood Association ($10,000): To offer free native language literacy and English speaking classes to local residents.
• ONE Neighborhood Builders ($23,000): Funding for Central PVD Resident Leadership Academy to provide local residents with the knowledge and skills to become effective neighborhood advocates; support for the work of the Olneyville Collaborative.
• Providence Community Library ($17,570): Supporting The Olneyville Preschool Hub, a bi-lingual program for young children and their parents to discover the library as a place for learning; grant for Spanish language and Latin American cultural education classes for area nonprofit staff.
• Swearer Center at Brown University ($1,830): To fund an afternoon chess program for students at D’Abate Elementary, taught by volunteers from the Brown University chess team.
• The Wilbury Theater Group ($15,000): To develop a more connected community in Olneyville through access to performances and adult education programming in public speaking and theatre education.
• Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council ($20,000): Funding for programs that reach hundreds of children in-school and during out-of-school time: Fish in the Classroom, River Adventurers, and Red Shed Bike programs.
• YouthBuild Preparatory Academy ($5,000): Support for the organization’s strategic planning process to better position YouthBuild to prepare young people for success in life.